Description: (242 pages) CAD Principles for Architectural Design is aimed at design students and practitioners interested in understanding how CAD is used in architectural practice. This book makes connections between the basic operations that are common to most CAD systems, and their use in practice on actual architectural design projects. Szalapaj's view of CAD is one in which computers constitute a medium in which designers can express design ideas, rather than viewing computers as problem solving machines. For creative designers to successfully exploit CAD technology, CAD systems should reflect designers' intuitions as described by designers themselves *Learn how to express your design ideas in CAD *Understand the principles of CAD that are essential to all architects *Turns theory into practice with an international range of contemporary architectural projectsIntroduction, CAD Modelling and Analysis, CAD Objects, CAD Operations, The Development of Architectural Form from CAD Objects, Parametric Design, Design Interoperability, Postscript, Bibliography, Index.'This book is fundamentally a primer for those eager to learn the magic of computer-aided architectural design.a very useful starting point for the student or architect.giving a novice insight into what people do at the coalface of architectural corporations.' Architect's Journal 'Good introduction to how CAD can be used (not just machine focus ) - the reasons on why use CAD are well covered.' H. Graham, Senior Lecturer, School of Architecure, University of Plymouth BiographicalNote: Peter Szalapaj gained a doctorate in ' Computer Aided Design' from Edinburgh University. He has been lecturing on CAD at Sheffield University since 1992 and is the author of numerous papers and technical reports on the subject. His view of CAD goes against the orthodox ambitions for intelligent or expert systems, and favours the use of computers as a medium which designers can exhibit their own intelligence. AudienceDescription: Undergraduate and postgraduate architecture following CAD courses: Year 1,2,3 and Masters level architecture and engineering students. (Paperback)

Binding: Softcover